Research Interest

• Sustainable & Innovative Mechanical Systems for Future Energy
• Stirling Cycle Machines for renewable energies and waste heat recovery.
• Fluid Film Lubrications with hydrostatic and hydrodynamic gas bearings
• Mechanical Vibrations & Heat Transfer for Energy harvesting of vibrational and thermal energy

Education

Texas A&M University (TAMU, 텍사스주립대학교), College Station, Texas (Sep. 2003 – Oct. 2007)

• Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering (GPA: 3.88/4.0)
• Thesis: Rotordynamic and Thermal Analyses of Compliant Flexure Pivot Tilting Pad Gas Bearings, Advisor: Prof. Daejong Kim.

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST, 한국과학기술원), Daejon, Korea (Mar. 2000 – Feb. 2002)

• Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering (GPA: 3.78/4.3)
• Thesis: Finite Element Analysis via Parallel Multi-level Frontal Solver Based upon MPI

Yonsei University(연세대학교), Seoul, Korea (Mar. 1993 – Feb. 2000)

• Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering (GPA: 3.46/4.0, Major: 3.83/4.0)

Employment

Seoul National University of Science and Technology (서울과학기술대학교), Seoul, Korea (Mar. 2013 – present)

• Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical System Design Engineering

Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST, 한국과학기술연구원), Seoul, Korea (Mar. 2010 – Feb. 2013)

• Post Doctor, Center for Urban Energy System, Rotating System Division
• Analysis, design, and testing of rotor dynamics, fluid film lubrication, and cooling for oil-free high-speed rotating machinery including micro gas turbines, diesel engine turbochargers, turbo compressors, and PM motors

Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT, 삼성종합기술원), Suwon, Korea (Sep. 2007 – Feb. 2010)

• Senior Researcher, Development Infra Group, Sound and Vibration Division
• Analysis and design of acoustics and vibration using lumped and finite element methods, duct acoustics, and numerical DOE for IT applications including micro speakers in cell phones, LSU in printers, and scanners

Texas A&M University (TAMU), College Station, Texas (Sep. 2003 – Oct. 2007)

• Research Assistant, Turbomachinery Laboratory, Fluid Film Lubrication Group
• Rotordynamic and thermal analysis and performance measurements of gas bearings such as flexure pivot tilting pad gas bearings for oil-free high-speed micro turbomachinery
• Teaching Assistant, ME Dept (Fall 2003, Spring 2004, and Fall 2006)

Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul, Korea (Mar. 2002 – Jun. 2003)

• Research Scientist, CAD/CAM Research Center, CAD Division

Military Service, Fulfilled as Artillery Soldier in Korea (Apr. 1994 – Jun. 1996)

Awards

2012 미국기계학회 최우수논문상 - 2012 ASME Best Paper Award for Journal of Tribology , ASME, Denver, 2012.10.09, First author.

• Sim, K., Lee, J. W., Lee, Y. -B., and Kim, T. H., 2012, “Rotordynamic Performance of Shimmed Gas Foil Bearings for Oil-Free Turbochargers,” ASME Journal of Tribology, 134, p. 031102
• Announcement: http://www.stle.org/news/news.aspx?nid=133.,
• Newspaper: http://www.etnews.com/news/economy/education/2671005_1491.html.

2015 신재생에너지 경진대회 동상

• 박영채, 박지수, 심규호, 2015, "울릉도 에너지 자립화를 위한 파력 에너지하베스팅: 파력 발전을 위한 공진형 모션정류 에너지 하베스터의 해석 모델링 및 성능 실험," 신재생에너지 경진대회 (경상북도, 포스텍), 경주, 2015.08.21.

2013 한국윤활학회 춘계학술대회 우수논문상

• 구본진, 심규호, 김태호, 2013, "3패드 가스 포일 베어링으로 지지되는 로터의 회전체 동역학 성능: 베어링 형상 효과에 대하여," 한국윤활학회 춘계학술대회, 서울, 2013.04.26.